Police presence was increased Friday at Park Vista High School in Lake Worth.

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The above photo was sent to WPBF 25 News by a student. It says, "I am (going) to shoot people. Can you guess who?" It was found written on a bathroom wall.

"I told my brother, I don't want you to go to school. he got in the car and they left and I'm trying to get all my friends to leave school with me," says a Park Vista student.

"I heard a group text was sent to a bunch of band kids," says another student.

We talked with both students and parents, some who considered the threat to be legitimate and others who thought school officials had the situation under control.

'I did a little bit of investigating, talked to my daughters and found out they had gotten the threat yesterday. So I made the choice to come and pick him up," says one grandfather.

"She wasn't nervous about it. she wanted to stay in school. They were running the day smooth and usual," says a mother who came to check on the situation.

School officials said they were alerted late Thursday night after a photo of the writing was shared around on social media, prompting the increase in police presence.

"What the students put out is unconfirmed and we as law enforcement have to confirm our information before we disseminate it out to the public," says Capt. Ezra Dilbert, Palm Beach County School District Police.

"We would not bring our kids into a situation if we thought there was a credible threat. We would not have allowed parents to come on campus today. we would have been in a code red," says Park Vista principal Reginald Meyers.

Classes are going on as scheduled, but school officials said police are investigating the possible threat.

WPBF 25 News received an email from one concerned parent saying their daughter said the school was on high alert.